Affiliated Personnel

Professor David J Mellor BSc(Hons) PhD HonAssocRCVS ONZM
D.J.Mellor@massey.ac.nz

• Animal welfare science
• Assessment and alleviation of pain and distress
• Bioethical and science-ethics interface analysis
• Newborn welfare
• Developmental neurobiology and pain perception
• Regulatory management of animal welfare
• “Three Rs” developments in research, teaching and testing

Professor Kevin J Stafford MVB MSc PhD FRCVS MACVSc
K.J.Stafford@massey.ac.nz

• Animal behaviour
• Animal welfare science
• Canine welfare
• Companion animal behaviour problems
• Livestock health and production
• Pain assessment and management

Dr Ngaio J Beausoleil BSc PGCertSc PhD
N.J.Beausoleil@massey.ac.nz

• Animal behaviour, temperament and personality
• Behavioural and physiological assessment of animal welfare
• Developmental neurobiology
• Human-animal and predator-prey interactions
• Sheep behaviour and welfare
• Wildlife identification marking and welfare

Dr J Paul Chambers BVSc PhD DVA MRCA MRCVS
J.P.Chambers@massey.ac.nz

• Animal welfare
• Analgesic drugs
• Neuropharmacology and neurophysiology
• Veterinary anaesthesia

Professor Peter Davie BSc(Hons) PhD
P.Davie@massey.ac.nz

• Aquatic animal welfare
• Comparative anatomy
• Fish physiology
• Fisheries biology

Associate Professor Craig B Johnson BVSc PhD DVA DipECVA MRCA MRCVS
C.B.Johnson@massey.ac.nz

• Anaesthetic and analgesic mechanisms
• Clinical electrophysiology.
• Cognitive neuroscience
• Developmental and comparative neurobiology
• Pain perception and control
• Veterinary anaesthesia

Professor Peter R Wilson BVSc PhD MACVSc
P.R.Wilson@massey.ac.nz

• Deer management and production
• Deer nutrition, health and welfare
• Humane and ethical velvet antler harvesting
• Veterinary clinical management of deer

James A K Battye BSc(Hons) BA(Hons)
Ethics Consultant, Palmerston North, NZ
j.battye@clear.net.nz

• Applied ethics
• Business and professional ethics
• Ethics in science

Dr Mark W Fisher BSc MSc PhD DipArts
Director, Kotare Bioethics Ltd, Hastings, NZ
mms.fisher@xtra.co.nz

• Agricultural ethics
• Animal welfare, science and people
• Livestock science and pastoral farming
• Reproductive function and its manipulation
• Regulatory management of animal welfare

Dr Ian T Dacre BVSc PhD
Director, Emergency Management - Asia,
World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), Bangkok, Thailand
iandacre@wspa-asia.org

• Animal welfare science
• Emergency management of animal welfare
• Equine health and dentistry
• Equine welfare nationally and internationally
• Regulatory management of animal welfare
• Welfare of entertainment animals

Professor Neville G Gregory BSc(Hons) PhD
Professor of Animal Welfare Physiology
Royal Veterinary College, London, UK
ngregory@rvc.ac.uk

• Animal welfare science
• Assessment and alleviation of animal suffering
• Stunning, slaughter and pest control methods
• Trauma, emaciation
• Veterinary ethics

Dr Emily G Patterson-Kane BSocSc MSocSc(Hons) PhD
Animal Welfare Scientist, American Veterinary Medical Association
Schaumburg, Il, USA
rattitude@gmail.com

• Environmental enrichment
• Husbandry of animal in the laboratory
• Operant animal behaviour
• The human psychology of animal care and use

Dr Ian A Robertson LLB BVSc MRCVS
Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand
Director, Animal Law Consultancy Group (http://www.animal-law.biz/talk.php)
IanRobertson@xtra.co.nz

• Animal abuse and human violence
• Animal welfare legislation: global models, standards and implementation
• Changing legal duties under animal welfare legislation
• Indigenous perspectives of animals and the law
• Sustainability and animal welfare legislation
• The law and the veterinary profession: duties and developments

Dr John C Schofield BVSc MRCVS DipACLAM
Director of Animal Welfare
University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ
director@awo.otago.ac.nz

• Design and conduct of animal based biomedical research studies
• Laboratory animal facility design and construction
• Laboratory animal management, medicine and surgery
• Rodent disease surveillance and monitoring programmes
• Training programmes for animal-based biomedical researchers

Professor Natalie K Waran BSc(Hons) PhD
Professor of Animal Welfare
Unitec New Zealand, Auckland, NZ
nwaran@unitec.ac.nz

• Animal welfare science
• Applied animal behaviour
• Canine welfare
• Companion animal behaviour problems
• Equine welfare
• Zoo animal behaviour and welfare

Bruce Warburton BSc DipSc MSc
Team Manager, Pest Control Technology Team
Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research, Lincoln, NZ
warburtonb@landcareresearch.co.nz

• Welfare impacts of vertebrate pest control tools
• National and international trap welfare standards
• Vertebrate pest control ethics
• Regulatory management of wild animal welfare
• Vertebrate pest control strategies

Dr Virginia M Williams BVSc MACVSc DipProfEthics
Animal Welfare and Veterinary Ethics Consultant
North Canterbury, NZ
vwilliams@xtra.co.nz

• Animal welfare promotion
• Ethics and welfare of animals in research, testing and teaching
• Regulatory management of animal welfare
• Veterinary professional ethics
• Veterinary and public attitudes to animal welfare issues

Corrin M Hulls BSc
Institute of Food , Nutrition and Human Health
c.hulls@massey.ac.nz

• Clinical diagnostic science
• Laboratory animal science and management

Sheryl L Mitchinson BSc CertVN
Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences
S.L.Mitchinson@massey.ac.nz

• Anaesthesia
• Laboratory Practice

R Neil Ward NZCS (Biol)
Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences
N.Ward@massey.ac.nz

• Animal welfare and behavioural science projects
• Computer-aided learning developments
• Electronic alternatives to animal use in teaching